Improvement in safety-pins



LUCY E. ANDREW s.

Safety-Pins.

N'0,157,981. Patented Dec.22,1874.

Vii 'v Inventor 5% M M QA UNITED STATES PATENT OrFIoE.

LUCY EMMA ANDREWS, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN SAFETY-PINS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 157,981, dated December22, 1874; application filed October 21, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LUCY EMMA Annnnws, of San Francisco city and county,State of California, have invented a Fastening for Pins, Brooches, andother ornaments; and I do hereby declare the following description andaccompanying drawings are suflicient to enable any person skilled in theart or science to which it most nearly appertains to make and use mysaid invention without further invention or experiment.

Myinvention relates to a novel device, which has for its object the morecomplete securing of articles of useorornament, such as brooches,cuff-pins, and all articles upon which such a fastening may be useful ornecessary; and it consists in the use of two or more pins, which mayspring from and turn upon a single hinge at one end of the pin orbrooch, and the points of these pins may be sprung so as to enter a slotin the holder at the opposite end, after which each pin is held in itsown socket and independently of the other.

Referring to the accompanying drawings for a more complete explanationof my invention, Figure l is a perspective view of my fastening. Fig. 2is a transverse section.

A is the body of a brooch, cuff-pin, or other article of ornament oruse, which may be made of any suitable shape and style. Beneath thisouter body the pins B B are secured preferably to one hinge, as at O,and these pins extend across beneath the bodyA, parallel, ornearly so,to each other, and at some little distance apart.

At the opposite side of A from the hinge O is formed the holder D. Thisholder consists of a cap having a slot, 0, in its center, into which thepins B may be pressed, one after the other. Beneath, the cap is hollowedout, or so formed as to provide two sockets, z t, at a distance apartequal to the distance between the pins in their ordinary state, so that,when they have been pressed in through the slot 0,

they will, by their elasticity, separate, and each one will then beretained by its own socket, independent of the other.

The sockets 'i imay be made in any convenient shape, and should beslightly roughened or corrugated upon the inside, for a better retentionof the pins.

By this construction and arrangement I am enabled to give a greatsecurity for valuable ornaments and pins, without in any material manneraffecting their shape or interfering with their external ornamentation.

I am aware that double pins have been used, as shown in the patents toHenry G. Strong, January 2, 1872,-and Lavinia H. Foy, April 9, 1867. Itherefore do not claim, broadly, the use of two pins.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

A fastening for pins and dress-ornaments, consisting of the cap D,having the slot 6 and the sockets i i, or equivalent devices, in combination with the plate A and the parallel pins B, hinged at G, andarranged to operate substantially as herein described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal.

LUCY EMMA ANDREWS.

Witnesses:

JNo. L. BOONE, G. M. RICHARDSON.

